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If you've got booster, I would get 39 or 40 and do one layer booster. Otherwise 38 is good I think it. Often these Chinese tacky rubbers also take a bit of time to break in a bit, especially without booster.

It's certainly not exactly the same but it's not worse and has lots of the same things you might enjoy about h3.

Not sure exactly and it depends on hardness and boosting but no more than hurricane 3. I think actually a bit less heavy.

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I've never seen a Pro playing so effortlessly against TTD while losing so few points.

Freitas ALC is good for outer carbon. The Hina Hayata H2 from Nittaku is a very good inner carbon option. Great spin on forehand but still stable and controlled on backhand. I would say it's pretty easy to use and just very balanced in its attributes.

Is this meant to be boosted? I guess it's a nexy brand of a typical Chinese rubber?

I've got a Q968. It's similar speed to a Viscaria at top speed, but actually pretty easy to control. Mine is about 89 grams and doesn't really feel head heavy at all. It's not quite as balanced as Viscaria but not far off. I've also tried w968 and s968. Neither particularly head heavy...

I would also be very interested to hear how this compares to the Jupiter Tour blue sponge version which is a really great hurricane 3 alternative. It also doesn't seem to slow down much if at all after being used. When I add booster, it "holds" the boosting effect extremely well, better than...

Yup. The cost per unit of each blade is probably nowhere near the price you pay for the blade. A significant amount of that cost is going to be branding, marketing, RnD, player sponsorships etc. Butterfly support A LOT of players all around the world at every level as well as tournaments and...

To be fair, blades that have supposedly the same composition on paper can feel extremely different. There's dozens of Viscaria clones with the same structure and they can all feel very different with a range of playing characteristics. The Long 5 and W968 supposedly have the same or similar...

This is a very vague response to a question you clearly don't know the answer to. Hopefully some actual information comes out from Loki. But I think we'll probably have to wait a while for actual reviews.

It seems the ADC versions are inner carbon with limba top layer (w968 structure). The ALC versions are outer carbon with a koto top layer (Viscaria structure). I don't see any info pricing info and I'm not sure what the difference is between the regular and special versions. They all have the...

Loki Instagram account made a comment that preorders and full pricing will be announced on 28th May.

Do you have any idea if there are any differences between Arthur China and Arthur China *pro*? The regular one is really good imo.